> On December 24, 2018 at 10:24 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 10:22 AM Bill Degnan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:24 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel. > >> > >> I dumped it and found that it has very, very little data on it. > >> > >> Tape image here: > >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kCiSiNuPvAPzBG0XCqBJiBoPhjmyvU21 > >> > >> Here's some of the first of the tape. > >> > >> 0000000 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 0000380 a0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0000390 80 80 a0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 00003a0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 00003d0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 a0 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 00003e0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 0000430 80 80 80 80 88 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0000440 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 0000ca0 80 80 80 80 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0000cb0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 00010d0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 80 80 > >> 00010e0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> * > >> 0001100 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001110 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001120 80 80 80 80 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001130 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001140 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001150 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> 0001160 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 80 80 > >> 0001170 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 > >> > >> The tape is dated 22 October 1958. > >> > >> Any ideas what this could have been used for? > >> > >> The 8th channel is set since I read this on an 8-channel reader. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Kyle > >> > > > > nuthin' ... but it's pre-ascii and pre motorola format. Flexowriter > > stuff? > > > > replying to myself, oops I see Flexowriter was already determined. I have > notes on how to read / transpose how to read Flexowriter into ascii > somewhere, but this is pretty much empty data just by looking at it, I'd > need to see more that just 80 80 80 80 > b
Perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance, but if these are 7 track tapes, shouldn't the max value be 7f? Am I missing something? Will
